Politics

Somalia’s political instability, rampant insecurity and clear incompatibility with the bloc’s stable member states -- all of them disqualifying factors -- were conspicuously ignored.

The Somali government shouldn't ape al Shabab tactics and harass or imprison journalists. Access to information is a right for all Somalis.

The Somali public must rise up and take to the streets to express their rejection of the dissolution of Somalia under President Hassan.